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Linedog
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Oct 16, 2015

1 dish, 2 receivers, 2 TV's.

Hey all, I have a 2016 Cougar 333MKS, trying to make a long story short. Can I run 1 cable to my coach then a splitter each side going to a receiver and run 2 TV's at the same time?
  • lynndiwagon wrote:
    Bill, the key words are "wireless mini genies."


    No, it's really not. Dish Network does not use Genies and if you are referring to the SWM part, the Genies require SWM as well. Maybe you could post something to help the OP instead of back and forth about my posts.
  • Linedog wrote:
    Hey all, I have a 2016 Cougar 333MKS, trying to make a long story short. Can I run 1 cable to my coach then a splitter each side going to a receiver and run 2 TV's at the same time? . . . I know Dish has spitters that install behind the receiver that will send the same signal to 2 TV's.


    If you use a DISH Hopper and Joey, yes.

    If you use a DISH 622 or 722 receiver, yes.

    If you use a DISH VIP 211 or 211k or a VIP 211z, yes.

    Note that all the above "split" the TV signal at the receiver.

    However, if you want to "split" the incoming SAT signal to 2 or more receivers, I'd recommend just running two SAT lines into your RV, one for each receiver.

    Or you could use a DPP44 switch, but I wouldn't recommend it for an RV:

  • For Dish then yes. You need a dual turner receiver and a couple of diplexers , which look like splitters but aren't and you would only need one receiver, not 2.

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